After a series of town hall meetings beginning in the Winter of 2016, the CCSD agreed to fund and begin planning the change from Frierson School of Technology into District 9’s first Montessori School.

CCSD is proud to announce and welcome Natasha L. Jones as principal of W.B. Goodwin Elementary School. Jones joins Goodwin from Memminger Elementary where she has served as assistant principal since 2014.

In lieu of Child Development screening students in August, a summer screening team will begin this process in July. The summer screening team is composed of CD teachers who will be traveling throughout the district during the months of July and August.

Malcolm Palmer, a rising senior at the Charleston County School of the Arts and intern in the Department of Strategy and Communications at CCSD shot and produced a video based on the everyday works of a summer intern.

CCSD would like to congratulate students Adam Starling and Mark Owens for being honored in the 2018 National PTA (Parent Teacher Association) Reflections Contest. There were a total of nine winners from South Carolina, and 205 winners nationwide in this year’s competition; the theme was “Within Reach.

CCSD is proud to announce Christine “Chris” Ryan as principal of James Simons Elementary and Megan Williams as principal of Springfield Elementary. Both individuals served in interim capacities during the 2017-18 school year.

CCSD is proud to announce and welcome Janet Brown as the principal of Ladson Elementary School. Brown comes to the district from Horry County where she has served as principal of Forestbrook Elementary for the past two years.

CCSD is proud to announce and welcome Rodney Moore as principal of Jane Edwards Elementary School. Moore will take over for current principal, Susan Miles, a 40-year education veteran who is set to retire this June.

CCSD Early College High School (ECHS) recently finished its first year of operation, providing scholars with an inside track to earning an associate’s degree with Trident Technical College (TTC), along with their high school diploma.

The South Carolina Chapter of the National School Public Relations Association (SC/NSPRA) celebrated the effectiveness of 139 programs and projects from across the state at its annual Rewards for Excellence awards ceremony in Columbia, SC recently.

Micah Brown helped start the Digital Arts program at Burke High School (BHS) in the 2016-2017 school year. If his students continue to win contests, the Digital Arts program is going to become a popular option for scholars there. Earlier this month, Shred360, a paper shredding company based in Columbia, announced Burke senior Hesham Hikal as this year’s logo design contest winner.

Charleston County School District (CCSD) is proud to announce and welcome Marvin Taylor as interim Principal of Edmund A. Burns Elementary. Taylor has served as Assistant Principal at the school since 2014.

Lucy G. Beckham High School (LBHS) is set to become Charleston County School District’s (CCSD) first new high school, in a new facility, in two decades. To commemorate this project, the District is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony.

CCSD announces that John E. Cobb has been appointed the Executive Director of Administrator Mentoring and Coaching for the district. Mr. Cobb currently serves as the Executive Director of Elementary Learning on special assignment as Principal at Edmund A. Burns Elementary.

For the first time in three years, Charleston County School District (CCSD) has a United States Presidential Scholar: Academic Magnet High School (AMHS) senior Jenny Yao. The U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) made the announcement last week. Adding to the excitement for CCSD, Ann Webb of Wando High School (WHS) joined Yao on the list of semifinalists for this year’s U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Charleston County School District (CCSD) is proud to announce and welcome Sharon Randall as interim Executive Director of Secondary Learning. Randall has served as a CCSD administrator for eleven years, and is currently Principal of Thomas C. Cario Middle School.

CCSD is hosting its annual Wellness Achievement Celebration, with support from MUSC Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness and the Charleston County Medical Society. CCSD is committed to providing school environments that promote and protect children's health, well-being, and the ability to learn by supporting healthy eating and physical activity.

R.B. Stall High School (RBSHS) freshman Maalik Anderson and sophomore Michael Gamboa scored in the top two levels on the end-of-course assessment for the Advanced Career Aerospace Engineering program, earning recognition from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), which worked with industry leaders to develop the program.

Caleb Smith will graduate from Charleston County School of the Arts (SOA) May 31, 2018. However, his high school career will unofficially last until late June, thanks to his win at the Optimist Club International State Level Oratorical Competition this past weekend. The senior at SOA captured the crown Saturday, May 5, 2018 at the Sumter Opera House in Sumter, SC; nine other students from South Carolina participated in the event.

Stono Park Elementary School students and staff are preparing for a return home. School leaders, along with Charleston County School District (CCSD) Board of Trustees Members, District 10 Constituent Board Members, and CCSD officials, will participate in a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the start of construction for the new building.

Four Charleston County School District (CCSD) schools will be represented at the 2nd Annual CCSD Steel Drum Spectacular. Students from Buist Academy, Deer Park Middle School, Haut Gap Advanced Studies Magnet, and R.B. Stall High School will perform together in this celebration of Caribbean culture and music.

Yesterday (Thursday, May 3, 2018) was a special day for four Septima P. Clark Academy students and Program Director Toshawnka Mahone. They attended the unveiling of the historical marker honoring the late Civil Rights leader and Charleston County icon Septima Poinsette Clark.

Charleston County Public Library (CCPL) and Charleston County School District (CCSD) are working together to help students and children read more than ever this summer. This joint initiative is part of the Library’s annual Summer Reading programs, which provide incentives for reading during the summer months.

When Burke High School (BHS) became part of the New Tech Network (NTN) program for the 2017-18 school year, school administrators and staff were excited about the doors this partnership could open for students. As it turns out, the administrators, staff, and students were ready to walk through those doors together, and did so in a way that earned them NTN’s 2018 Best in Network award earlier this month

Stephanie Haecherl’s (HECK-ruhl) 10th year in education is probably going to be the most memorable of her career thus far. That’s because she was named the 2018 Charleston County School District (CCSD) Teacher of the Year at tonight’s Teacher of the Year Celebration.

The District 2 Constituent Board is set to host two community meetings to receive input about rezoning for Moultrie Middle School for the 2019-2020 school year. The expansion at Moultrie, scheduled to be completed by August 2019, will allow for an additional 300 seats.

As part of the “Week of Play,” which is April 9-13, 2018, The CarMax Foundation and KaBOOM!, the national nonprofit dedicated to giving kids the childhood they deserve by bringing play to those who need it most, are partnering to provide the school with a Rigamajig.

Wando High School (WHS) engineering students are taking what they learn in the classroom, and translating their knowledge and abilities into success in engineering/STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) competitions outside the classroom.

Five schools in the state of South Carolina are being honored by The Flippen Group as Capturing Kids’ HeartsⓇ National Showcase Schools for the 2017-2018 school year; three of them are in Charleston County School District (CCSD). Jerry Zucker Middle School (JZMS) is a first-time recipient of this award; Memminger Elementary School (second year in a row) and R.B. Stall High School (third year in a row) are repeat winners.

(CCSD) is excited to announce that over 80 educators received full funding for their DonorsChoose.org (a nonprofit website) projects thanks to the generosity of Ripple, a San Francisco-based technology company.

W.B. Goodwin Elementary School (WBGES) is hosting its 6th Annual C.A.T.C.H. (Coordinated Approach to Child Health) Night this week. The event is held each year to promote healthy choices and wellness to the students and their families.

Malachi Jones is on his way to Carnegie Hall - not to perform though. Instead, the senior at Charleston County School of the Arts (SOA) will visit the historic performing arts center to be honored for his talent and ability in writing. The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers awarded him with a Gold Medal Portfolio as part of the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards; he is one of 16 high school seniors in the nation to earn this top honor this year (and one of two from South Carolina).

W.B. Goodwin Elementary School (WBGES) is extremely grateful for the men of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Members of the fraternity, including students from Savannah State University, read I Love by Nadine Johnson to third grade students Thursday, March 22, 2018.

(CCSD), in partnership with Charleston Area Justice Ministry, is holding a restorative practices workshop, titled “Believe – Empower – Transform” in an effort to strengthen Charleston County communities.

Northwoods Middle School (NMS) is excited to announce it has earned a $20,000 grant from Project Lead The Way (PLTW), which will allow students to have more access to computer science courses. In turn, that will give scholars at NMS an advantage in their education and future careers.

Charleston County School District (CCSD) is currently accepting applications for Child Development, Head Start, and Early Head Start programs for the 2018-2019 school year. Children who enroll in these programs attend at no cost to the family.

Kerri Price, a Language and Humanities teacher at Buist Academy is passionate about dogs and reading. She started the non-profit Paws for Literacy and has brought joy to people at schools, nursing homes, hospitals and where ever there is a need.

Orange Grove Charter School’s Ranitha Kumarasinghe was not going to be denied a second time for a major Spelling Bee title this winter. The 6th grader edged out Asher Wallen, an 8th grader from Buist Academy, in the finals to win the 2018 Post and Courier SpellBound! Spelling Bee title on March 8, 2018.

On the heels of last week's arrival of two neo-Panamax cranes, today officials from South Carolina Ports Authority and Chinese crane manufacturer Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (ZPMC) presented a model of the new cranes to Laing Middle School.

Cario Middle was recognized as a national Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Distinguished School for providing broad access to transformative learning opportunities for students through PLTW GatewayTM. CMS is one of just 110 middle schools in the country, and only one of five in South Carolina, to receive this honor in 2018.

EY donated $20,000 to the foundation to support KCF’s partnership with St. John’s High School (SJHS). KCF will use this gift to purchase required textbooks for dual credit courses at Trident Technical College.

Jack Hosley is passionate, and successful, in several areas of his life. For example, the senior at Academic Magnet High School (AMHS) is going to attend Macalester College in Minnesota on a baseball scholarship. He also takes an active stance against bullying; he wrote his senior thesis about that topic.

Five dedicated educators received a major surprise when representatives from CCSD and MINI of Charleston rolled up to their school to tell them they have been selected as a Top 5 finalist for 2018 CCSD Teacher of the Year.

Representatives from Burlington Stores, Inc. and AdoptAClassroom.org surprised teachers and staff at Matilda F. Dunston Primary School with a donation of $10,000 to be used for classroom supplies in the 2018-2019 school year.

Please join us for an exciting competition between the top three schools in this year’s double-elimination tournament: Academic Magnet High School (AMHS), Charleston County School of the Arts (SOA), and Wando High School (WHS).

This week, 14 8th graders at Buist Academy took part in what can be described as a deliberative dialogue, roundtable discussion after listening to the recently discovered audio recording of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from the early 1960's

Ajani Brooks is a leader at Baptist Hill Middle High School (BHMHS); in the classroom, and in the school’s JROTC (Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps) program. The United States Department of the Army noticed, too. For her academic excellence, military knowledge, and leadership, Brooks received the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross for Achievement this month.

Charleston County School District (CCSD), Berkeley County School District, Dorchester School District Two, Dorchester School District Four, the City of Charleston, and the Charleston Collaborative Action Network (CAN) are sponsoring the 3rd Annual Transition Fair. This event assists students with varying abilities and their families for life after high school.

Please join CCSD for a session with district level administrators regarding strengths and challenges in the district’s provision of special education and related services to students with disabilities.

Jenna Zimmerman knew she had the title. Well, at the end anyway. Once the 5th grader from Charles Pinckney Elementary School heard the word she had to spell in the final round to win the 2018 Charleston County School District (CCSD) Spelling Bee last night, she spelled it out with confidence.

Approximately 30 students will participate in Charleston County School District’s annual (CCSD) Spelling Bee. The winner will be one of 18 CCSD scholars to advance to the Post and Courier SpellBound! Spelling Bee in March at Charleston Southern University’s Lightsey Chapel.

Charleston County School District launched its School Choice online application process for the 2018-2019 school year Wednesday, January 10, 2018; it will end Friday, February 9, 2018. The following calendar includes the dates, deadlines, and events associated with this year’s annual application process.

Please join CCSD for a session with district level administrators regarding strengths and challenges in the district’s provision of special education and related services to students with disabilities.

The holidays are shining a little brighter for students from the West Ashley High School (WAHS) Art Club and Wildcat International Club, along with a number of others who have an interest in the arts. They are celebrating an honorable mention honor in the annual James Island County Park Festival of the Lights Giant Greeting Card Competition.

Sanders-Clyde Creative Arts Elementary School (SCCAES), with support from Charleston County School District’s Department of Nutrition Services, is launching a pilot program, Sanders-Clyde Holiday Meals. For seven days during the upcoming winter break, the school will serve lunch.

C.E. Williams (CEW) Middle School for Creative and Scientific Arts has received initial designation as a School to Watch (STW) by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. CEW is the only school in South Carolina to receive initial designation for the 2017-2018 school year, and is the first in CCSD.

Charleston County School District is excited to expand learning opportunities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) through PLTW (Project Lead The Way). PLTW is being offered to scholars at North Charleston Elementary (NCES), Morningside Middle (MMS), and North Charleston High (NCHS) schools. We are happy to have Ms. Lynn Clegg as STEM Coordinator and Ms. Cheryl Walden as STEM Community Engagement Specialist on board to help us achieve this goal.

JZMS is receiving nearly $20,000 from the J.J. Watt Foundation to pay for uniforms and equipment. The donation will be used to purchase supplies for the Lightning soccer, volleyball, football, and basketball teams.

Alea McKinley, who is in her second year at SOA (and sixth year in Charleston County School District), developed a plan to bring a music journalist in to her class for a week, so her students could learn how to write in a different style, and facing deadlines. The plan began in May when she read Erin Osmon’s Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost.

Celina Anthony who has worked for the Charleston County School District (CCSD) since 1997 has been named to the Hispanic Studies Advisory Board at the College of Charleston. She also worked as the ESOL bilingual coordinator for five years and currently works for the CCSD Department of Federal Programs as the Title I bilingual coordinator, where she continues to assist English language learners and families.

CCSD is proud to announce its selection to the College Board’s 8th Annual AP (Advanced Placement) District Honor Roll. This is the second time in five years CCSD has received this honor; 2013 was the last year the District made this list.

The 2017 State Middle School Mock Trial Competition took place this past weekend at the Richland County Central Court at Decker Center. Twelve teams advanced from the regional competitions to the state competition held on December 1st and 2nd, representing all corners of the state.

Replacing Mary Reynolds as the leader of Chicora will be Lara Latto, who for the last seven years, has served as the principal of Harbor View Elementary School. A 27-year veteran educator in CCSD, Latto is a proven academic leader who brings a unique and creative approach to school leadership, which will make her school transition seamless.

Baptist Hill Middle High School’s (BHMHS) varsity football team is in the South Carolina High School League (SCHSL) state championship game for the first time in program history, and school leaders are inviting fans throughout Charleston County School District (CCSD) to support the Bobcats in person.

Carolina Park Elementary School (CPES) leaders, along with Charleston County School District officials, are holding a dedication ceremony for the new school and building. CPES opened its doors to students and the community in August 2017

When it comes to volleyball in the state of South Carolina, Alexis Glover is a coaching legend. Wando’s head coach added to her legendary status this week as she was named the 2017 United States Marines Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National High School Coach of the Year.

This past summer, CCSD established the Summer Teacher Residency Program which pairs emerging educators with experienced and successful master teachers in a classroom setting at a high-poverty, high-needs school.

Charleston County School District (CCSD) is excited to announce Fronde Stille (pronounced FROHND STEEL-ee) is moving to the district level to become the new Director of Guidance and Counseling Services.

The Wando Marching Band lived up to and surpassed their own expectations and high standards by delivering another award-winning performance at the 2017 Bands of America Super Regionals inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday, October 28, 2017.

The Hometown Huddle advisory committee has awarded a grant of $4,000 to Matilda F. Dunston Primary School from the Carolina Panthers and the NFL. The grant is designated to support the purchase of new recess equipment for students in grades Pre-K-3.

Over the summer two AMHS students, Ruth Middleton and Maya Pai (both 9G) along with one SOA student, Jonathan Yi (9G) received The Milton Wolf 1st Winner Award for their Community Service Project, MUSC Bibs for Babes.

Much like the Carolina Dreamer unmanned sailboat that landed in Wales 2 years ago, Harbor View Elementary School Gifted and Talented students launched (via US Coast Guard Base Charleston) a 5-foot unmanned sailboat on May 10th, 2017.

The Wando High School Marching Band’s began the season by continuing its winning tradition; it swept the awards at the Gus Moody Memorial Tournament of Champions at Summerville High School on September 23, 2017.

Charleston County School District (CCSD) can announce five of its schools will receive a substantial boost for expanded learning through a federal grant program, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (CCLC).

Camp Road Middle School (CRMS) at James Island is proud to welcome award-winning author Kwame Alexander; he will deliver a presentation for 7th-grade students, and participate in a book signing/meet the author session.

The 4th Annual Youth Apprenticeship Signing Day was held at Trident Technical College (TTC) August 8, 2017. Fifty-nine students, including 25 from Charleston County School District (CCSD), made their commitment to local businesses “official” by signing a document.

Members of the Wando High School Marching Band, which placed eighth in the nation at the Bands of America Grand National Championships in Indianapolis last year, collected supplies and funds for Lowcountry Orphan Relief (LOR) during their first week of practice.

Join us at the First Day Festival for a day of family fun and activities! Exhibitors will be on-site to provide information about education and community services, and will be handing out free bags of school supplies as well.